Shad Definition

shăd
shads
noun
Any of various marine or freshwater clupeid fishes.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Shad

Noun

Singular:
shad
Plural:
shads

Origin of Shad

  • From Old English sceadd, either from Celtic (see Irish Gaelic sgadan (“herring"), Welsh ysgadan) or from Scandinavian (see dialectical Norwegian skadd (“small whitefish")

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English schad from Old English sceadd

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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